Awards

The following awards are given out during the Symposium recognizing the
leaders in the field of cornea and eye banking

Cornea Society/EBAA Best Paper of Session Award

The Cornea Society and the EBAA are pleased to announce a fifteen hundred-dollar ($1,500) award for the best
paper during the Cornea and Eye Banking Forum. This award, supported by an unrestricted educational grant from
SightLife Surgical, is limited to current Fellows, Residents and/or Medical students and will be awarded during
the Cornea and Eye Banking Forum.

Dohlman Award (Cornea Society Award)

The Dohlman Award is given to recognize a lifetime of teaching excellence
in the field of cornea and external disease and for contributions to the
profession. Claes Dohlman, MD, PhD, the inaugural recipient of the Award
and for whom it is named, created the first formal corneal fellowship
program in the United States at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
and the Retina Foundation (now Schepens Eye Research Institute) in
Boston. Dr. Dohlman has trained hundreds of fellows, many of whom went
on to become full professors. His commitment to teaching and education
has enabled many of his students to leave their mark on the field of
ophthalmology.

2017 CLAES H. DOHLMAN, MD, PHD, AWARD

• Recipient: Mark J. Mannis, MD

Paton Award (Eye Bank Association of America Award)

The recipient of the Paton Award presents the Paton lecture during the
Fall Educational Symposium. The Paton Award is the EBAA's highest honor
for corneal surgeons, and is presented annually to an ophthalmologist in
recognition of his/her outstanding contribution to the EBAA's
development and for exemplifying the precepts of R. Townley Paton, M.D.,
the father of modern eye banking and the founder of the first eye bank
established in the United States.

2017 R. TOWNLEY PATON AWARD

• Recipient: Michael L. Nordlund, MD, PhD

Troutman Cornea Award (Cornea Society Award)

Dr. Richard Troutman, one of the founders of the Castroviejo Cornea
Society and its second president, has graciously established the
Troutman Cornea Prize. The award is bestowed annually by the Society for
the paper published in Cornea during the previous year judged to be most
outstanding and innovative, and authored by an investigator 40 years of
age or younger. The recipient will receive an award of $5,000 and the
opportunity to present his/her work at the annual scientific meeting of
the Cornea Society just prior to the AAO meeting.